The Katsina State Government has commenced training of hundreds of unemployed youths on digital business.
The training is being conducted under the office of Alhaji Ibrahim Tijjani, the senior special assistant on youth development.
The adviser said the pilot training was launched for Katsina zone on Thursday and the remaining zones of Daura and Funtua would host the training in due course.
According to Tijjani the training was aimed at job creation, creativity and invention through digital marketing on the internet platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram.
Government has engaged experts from the Clossaxx ICT konverage media for the training.
The training exposes the trainees on how to buy and sell via online medium, stressing government was determined to reduce redundancy among the youths.
The training would exposed the participants on modern ways of business transactions through the art of buying and selling of goods and services, stressing the training would guarantee economic sustainability and self reliance.
Our correspondent recall that the Katsina State Government has so far empowered thousands of youth through vocational training since inception in the last three years.